| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 72.3% | 73.4% | 74.4% | 75.4% | 76.4% | 77.5% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 0.57% | 0.84% | 1.11% | 1.38% | 1.65% | 1.93% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 4.72% | 5.14% | 5.55% | 5.97% | 6.38% | 6.80% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 3.91% | 4.18% | 4.45% | 4.72% | 4.99% | 5.27% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 1.44% | 1.60% | 1.76% | 1.91% | 2.07% | 2.23% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%): | 
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| 2.4% | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8.3% | 10.2% | 12.2% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.07% | 0.14% | 0.21% | 0.28% | 0.36% |  
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A sector describes the organizational category of a person’s employing organization. On this page, all employed persons are categorized as working in one of the following sectors (bolded terms are used in the charts and maps on this page): 
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Private for-profit wage and salary workers:
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Private: Employee of private company workers
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Self-Employed: Self-employed in own incorporated business workers
 
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Non-Profit: Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
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Local Government: Local government workers
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State Government: State government workers
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Federal Government: Federal government workers
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Sole Proprietor: Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers
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Unpaid Family: Unpaid family workers
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